Psalm Chapter 5

To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.

Psalm 5:1: Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

The morning is such a nice time to pray. It is pleasant to start the day with prayer and acknowledge God before doing anything else. I realize many have to rush in the mornings and have more time to pray at night but my favorite time is morning. So new and fresh. It's like putting God at the forefront of our day before we do anything else.

Psalm 5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

God loves righteousness and good things. Wickedness grieves him continually. Evil shall not dwell with God. This is a comfort to know that we will one day dwell in the presence of God and no more evil will befall us. God hates wickedness because He knows it will eventually cause us to destroy each other and live in misery. Mankind would eventually destroy themselves if God didn't intervene.

Psalm 5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Leasing is lying words, deceiving words and words that cause trouble and even shedding of blood. God hates lying and loves truth. Now through Christ we can have access to the spirit and power to cause us to walk in truth and love. If we truly love one another, we will walk in truth and will not desire to harm one another.

Psalm 5:7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

Through fear and reverence toward God, the Psalmist goes into the house of the Lord to worship depending on the mercy of God to deliver and save him from sin. All of us need the grace and mercy of God to save us. All of us need to worship him in thanksgiving and love in order to sustain us throughout our entire life. We cannot possibly survive without it. It is impossible to make it on our own.

Psalm 5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

Lead me O Lord in thy righteousness. Notice that we don't ask the Lord to lead us in our own righteousness but we are totally dependent on his righteousness to save us. Our own good works and rituals cannot make us righteous. We need his righteousness to take the place of ours, Our own righteousness is not really righteousness at all. A straight way is a holy way. His way is holy and our ways are not. We need to substitute his way for ours.

Psalm 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Without the righteousness of Jesus Christ, there is no faithfulness. When we get away from his love and righteousness and start trusting in our own, we are in danger of doing wickedness, speaking evil and using flattery to gain followers. This we must avoid and instead learn to speak in faithfulness, in love, and speak things, which edify and bring forth fruit. A little compliment and encouragement is good but flattery that is not genuine and is done only to gain favoritism and present a false front is wrong. Absalom did not care for his followers. He pretended to care for them and used flattery do take followers away from David and to himself instead.

Psalm 5:10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

This is the ultimate end for those who ignore the word of God and his righteousness. Those who reject truth and continue in evil transgressions and rebellion against God will be destroyed. We have a chance through the grace and power of God to escape the judgment that is to fall upon those that reject the plan of salvation God gave through faith in Jesus Christ.

Psalm 5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

Walking with God totally and in obedience is joy. If we have lost that first love and joy of salvation, we need to return to it and we can. The first sign of losing our joy of salvation is when we begin to murmur and complain. Next we began to unjustly find fault in everyone else while failing to see our own sins. We then become unhappy and miserable and feel like we are victims of everyone else's wrongdoing.

Love is just the opposite. Love seeks to overlook the faults of others. Love seeks to forgive quickly when one has wronged us. Love gives people the benefit of the doubt. Love does not seek to separate friendships and is never envious of the friendship others have. Love hides rumors rather than spreads them. Love is joyful and content.

Psalm 5:12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

Those that walk with the Lord is blessed and has continual fellowship with God. They can rely on God as their shield and lie down at nights in comfort knowing that they are assured peace and safety. DC

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